My name is Dr. L. Williams and I am a Performance Anxiety Coach (and Life Coach) who has been working in the field for 17 years. Anxiety can be called many names: worry, nervousness, discomfort, apprehension, fear, etc. It's impossible for you to be alive and not have it. In low intensities, anxiety keeps you from being too lax, and it triggers motivation. However, in high intensities, it can trick you. It can cause you to be so fearful that you hinder your opportunities to be successful. This is called performance anxiety. It effects about 50% of the population, including Olivia Wilde, Beyonce', and Steve Harvey. If you need help with it, don't be afraid to ask. Courage is the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.